The sun., 1887-03-27
l MESMERIZED DETECTIVE.

A MESMERIZED DETECTIVE.
SETTING BOY IN A TRAycB UPoN
THE TRACK OF A CRIMINAL.
Alderman the Mesmerist aaa HHss Wonder.
fsl Power Over His suSieets-Fslls wins
Murderer the Law HAD Failed e Find.
In this day Of wonderful discoveries, physi-
cal and mental, let US stop and ask the nature
OF tho discovery made by Frank r. Alderman
OF Detroit. who is generally spoken Of at home
as Alderman, the mesmerist." Ihave attend
cd two Of his private entertainments on pur-
pose to give the readers OF The SuN something
to study over and think about.
Mr.. Alderman is o man 81 years OF age, Ave
feet nine inches high. and q physiognomist
would say that his face exhibited force
OF will. He has had mesmeric powers since
his childhood, but II Is only within couple OF
years that he has developed what some may
torn second sight. He discovered some time
ago that he could put q subject to sleep and
then send his mind or spiritual half, or
imagination, to any part OF tho country
on any errand. On the evening Of March IL
attended private exhibition at which Mr..
Alderman made new and startling departure.
Before proceeding to explain what 1t was, let mo
cite some instances Of the strange power which
Hc WiViuS thtouSh viz ouuJOSt Aho ouoyoSl vi
this night was boy Of IA named Wally An
drus. He is what is termed a susceptible sub
ject. Alderman can draw him across the street
by wave Of the hand. He can look at the boy
and say to himself, II want you to come to my
house tomorrow night" and the boy will come
without any further understanding. The lad
was placed in an easy chair. few passes OF
the hand put him under the influence. and
here is the colloquy and the result:
Mr.. A.-Wally. I want you to go down to the
Hotel and 60 up one flight OF stairs.
Wally-Yes. sir, I'm there.
Now turn to your left and go to tho second
door on the left-hand side. Is there number
on the door3"
mo. sir. there Is letter L."
Very we'll; 60 inside and tell what you see."
The mesmeriEed boy entered the room and
described and accurately located every article
Of furniture, described every picture. told the
time by the clock, and oven gave the colors of
the gas globes. Neither Mr.. Alderman nor the
boy had ever entered the hotel. Some OF the
articles described had been placed in the room
only an hour before. He was sent into three
different rooms in the same hotel. and he did
not make ono mistake Tho hotel is mile
from tho residence whore the exhibition was
given. He was brought out Of tho hotel and
sent to q residence mile further away, and
the colloquy went on:
"AArrss "AArs you there~
What lin kind a,, q q house isit'"
Are the steps wood or stone?"
Now. so inside Is there carpet on the
mo; the floor is Of tile"
Where "M is the parlors"
Go in and tell me what you see."
There's square piano, a sofa, chairs, dc."
Tie described everything, even to photographs,
and told the time Sy the parlos dos elock ISIro w
Yes Jan Irish woman"
shs won't xiyei it. She wants to know what
"sSs ""sSs sskI ask hsE ;,!a na%Hs" M111;sn
Irish servant. He atterward located a. girl
reading at table, and gave the name Of The p,e
ssrsd tbs
sfance owns salt block at Marine City. At
his ,spggestion the boy was sent up there. He
building and then went to the salt block and
correctly located the engine room. described
place and read oil u score Of signs without
making mistake. He had never been at Ma
cnS but 1ee hs IN
stay Of three days and describe things as acs
curntely as the boy did. -
backward in his ism mind and see an old occur,
down in front Of the store BY an assassin, /
have worked with the police on the case, and
fred tho Shot what for. and which way. he ran
to make his escape. A hundred people knew
how how the clerk was dressed when found dead.
Triaanglss drug store"
60 inside and tell me who is there" THE
boy accurately described tho clerk who was
ASK what has ever happerfed around here"
the store about three years ago."
night +, Are Al, you there :"
~. 1T i ! now II o'clock at night Can you see
60 VERY " we'll a pause of ton secondsl What
Some one has called him: he's getting up"
,,,To ,"TooTy him and n see what he does Is no
Yes, and man is scoldiug him."
- saving me ;Iork has s made him him @ trouble;
I'm afraid Of HIM
"Thas .NTm 81. sIts}d e 3 looking man is he'"
#s SaP Pss h1r n Gets Ge s,ossr he gave perfect
description OF the man known to have COM
aHsy Is The CLERK a5essea'% a., M :, ,,,,.
the dTss e the clerk S found and Rotsd &
when the shot was fired, followed the murderer
to the river and across to Canada. and there,
in the n, ,ml,ihnight darkness. lost him in coal
a great success, tho boy, was. so overcome by
what he had apparently witnessed that We
could get no more work out OF him that even
Ing; that Is he was so plninly prostrated that
Mr.. Alderman would not subject him to further
strain. Now. lot some skeptic poohA'ooh at
what the boy described, and will convince
him. First-While he had doubtless heard OF
the case, he described de- things never known to
perfect description Of the man, ns the detec-
iiyos affirm, and only, three people knew. this
description. Third-fIe gave the cause OF she
shooting as tho detectives understand it. but
rs known TO no one else.
This experiment opened n now field to Mr..
Alderman. and IL was agreed to have another
private exhibition on the evening Of the 18th.
Al his suggestion, went TO Police IIeadnuar;
tcrs. ana hunted up several cnseS and jotted
ent al tho exhibition some of The bestRnown mR vS
pnople In Detroit, most Of whom came US skep-
ties; Young Andrns had left the town
he hs to hca
ante-dated. After being. placed under tho In
nuence, he was sent to the residences OF per-
sons present. His first effort was partial